MoonTzu
Junior Member
The other morning I went metal detecting at a local park and got skunked for the first time in a while. And by skunked I don't mean I didn't find anything. It's just that everything I picked up went into my trash bag. So, good news: the park is now a bit cleaner than it was before.
On my way home, filling my car with gas I spotted a penny on the ground. Score for the day: Eyeballs 1, Metal Detector 0.
But then, I spotted (eyeballs again) a homeowner down the street talking to a guy in a Bobcat. I went over and found out that her whole front and back yards are being scraped down and re-landcaped with rock, concrete, and artificial turf. So I asked for permission to detect on her property and dig out stuff. And got it! ("Sure, pleeease, dig it all out," is actually what she said.)
Houses in my neighborhood were built in the early 70s, so it's highly unlikely I'll find buffalo nickels or even wheat pennies. In fact, the whole area was pretty much empty land until it was developed, so I'm unlikely to find any historical relics of any kind.
But still, my first permission!
Yesterday morning before taking the kids to school I got in a quick 15-20 minutes close to the house. I knocked the sensitivity all the way down to strip off the stuff near the surface. I pulled three grungy nails, two spiraly stakes, a metal flower decoration, and a crushed aluminum can. My plan is to hit the same area again going sequentially deeper, and then following the shade to either run a quick section closer to the street or in the back yard just off the patio.
My time with this site is short because the landscaping work is moving along and needs to be finished so the house can be rented out. Do you have any search strategies?
On my way home, filling my car with gas I spotted a penny on the ground. Score for the day: Eyeballs 1, Metal Detector 0.
But then, I spotted (eyeballs again) a homeowner down the street talking to a guy in a Bobcat. I went over and found out that her whole front and back yards are being scraped down and re-landcaped with rock, concrete, and artificial turf. So I asked for permission to detect on her property and dig out stuff. And got it! ("Sure, pleeease, dig it all out," is actually what she said.)
Houses in my neighborhood were built in the early 70s, so it's highly unlikely I'll find buffalo nickels or even wheat pennies. In fact, the whole area was pretty much empty land until it was developed, so I'm unlikely to find any historical relics of any kind.
But still, my first permission!
Yesterday morning before taking the kids to school I got in a quick 15-20 minutes close to the house. I knocked the sensitivity all the way down to strip off the stuff near the surface. I pulled three grungy nails, two spiraly stakes, a metal flower decoration, and a crushed aluminum can. My plan is to hit the same area again going sequentially deeper, and then following the shade to either run a quick section closer to the street or in the back yard just off the patio.
My time with this site is short because the landscaping work is moving along and needs to be finished so the house can be rented out. Do you have any search strategies?